Leanne Gassert
Registered Member M麻豆原创
Contact information
- Phone number
- 07748653676
Therapist - Bruntsfield/Morningside, Edinburgh
Features
- Flexible hours available
Availability
Limited availability at present.
About me and my therapy practice
I am a qualified, experienced counsellor and psychodynamic therapist, offering one-to-one therapy in Edinburgh and online.
I offer a therapeutic space for you to feel heard, be seen and find your voice.
My work is with adults and older adults, many of them professional people.
Therapy can be transformational: easing suffering, supporting you in finding the freedom to be and live as yourself, even restoring your sense of vitality and aliveness.
My approach
I am passionate about helping you uncover your story and understand how this shapes your life. Therapy seeks to join up all the parts of you: mind and body, being and feeling with achieving and productiveness. Your feelings tell you who you are. Therapy is about learning to listen to your feelings and following them so that you can live authentically, true to yourself.
My own therapeutic journey gives me a deep understanding of how daunting, confusing and painful - and yet how worthwhile - this process can be.
If you are curious, want to do the work and commit the time, I will walk with you on the journey.
About me - training and qualifications
I grew up in South Africa during the brutal apartheid years, studying Law and Psychology to try to make sense of it all.
Later on I spent years working as a commercial/technology lawyer - in South Africa, England and Scotland - at a senior level in law firms and large corporates. That world gave me a deep understanding of professional pressure, organisational dynamics, and what it means to function at a high level.
My training as a therapist was at the University of Edinburgh, where I received a Postgraduate Diploma and Masters in Counselling with distinction. Continuous growth and improvement is important to me and I believe in expanding my knowledge and practice.
My work as a therapist is based on a rich theoretical foundation, thousands of clinical hours and my own intensive personal therapy over the years.
The British Psychological Society has published my writing.
Practice description
Psychodynamic therapy is a talking therapy. It happens through the conversations between us in the context of a safe, empathic and understanding relationship.
We talk about anything you wish to bring; exploring how you see and experience yourself, your relationships with others and the world.
By connecting to yourself honestly and with a willingness to learn from your experience(s), the aim is that you will develop a more coherent and secure sense of self.
My first session
Starting therapy can be challenging.
For this reason I offer an initial assessment session. This is a chance for us to meet, learn more about you, your hopes and fears for therapy, and see if the way I work feels right for you - a good fit is important.
Therapeutic work aimed at personal growth tends to be long-term; it is more likely short-term where there is something specific to work on.
If we decide to work together, we will agree a time(s) to meet a least once a week.
Getting in touch
If you would like to explore starting therapy, please contact me:
- by phone (leave a message) - 0774 865 3676
- by email - Leanne@bruntsfieldcounselling.com
- via my website - www.bruntsfieldcounselling.com
I will get back to you as soon as I can.
What I can help with
Abuse, AIDS/HIV, Anger management, Anxiety, Bereavement, Cancer, Child related issues, Chronic fatigue syndrome / ME, Cultural issues, Depression, Disability, Eating disorders, Health related issues, Identity issues, Infertility, Loss, Men's issues, Mood disorder, Obsessions, OCD, Personal development, Phobias, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy related issues, Redundancy, Relationships, Self esteem, Self-harm, Service veterans, Sex-related issues, Sexual identity, Sexuality, Spirituality, Stress, Trauma, Women's issues, Work related issues
Types of therapy
Integrative, Interpersonal, Narrative therapy, Person centred, Psychodynamic, Relational
Clients I work with
Adults, Older adults, Young people
How I deliver therapy
Long term sessions, Long-term face-to-face work, Online therapy, Short-term face-to-face work, Telephone therapy
Languages spoken
Afrikaans